A Gazan "doctor" who launched a blistering attack on Israel in two New York Times (NYT) op-eds has been revealed as a Hamas colonel, according to an Israeli watchdog organisation and the IDF.
NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based watchdog group, has said that Hussam Abu Safiya was pictured sporting the terror group's military uniform alongside high-ranking Hamas members in 2016. The image of Mr Safiya was posted by Gaza Medical Services, an organisation overseen by the Hamas-run health ministry, on its social media.
The Hamas officials pictured alongside him were celebrating the completion of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza.According to Gaza Medical Services' post, the high-ranking members present included Director of Military Medical Services Saeed Saoudi, National Security Forces commander Naeem Al-Ghoul and General Abu Obaida Al-Jarrah.
Just weeks after the October 7 attacks, which left more than 1,200 Israelis dead, Mr Safiya penned a op-ed in the NYT, with another written in December 2024.
In one piece, the so-called "doctor" wrote: “We are suffering and paying the price of the genocide that is happening to our people here in the northern Gaza Strip."NGO Monitor senior researcher Vincent Chebat launched a scathing attack on the US outlet. FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/gaza-doctor-israel-western-media-hamas-colonel
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